Winter is my favourite time of the year, but with winter usually comes the winter ills. For some businesses, managing absences can be challenging. Even trickier is managing a sick employee who comes to work when they shouldn’t!
As we all know, there’s often time pressure when it comes to recruiting. Perhaps a staff member has resigned; you’re growing and you need someone else on your team; you’ve just won a large contract. So you need more staff. Before you leap in and place that first advert, here are four questions you need […]
Most people know I set my HR clock by the full moon. Is it some mystery of the universe, or just by pure coincidence, that when the full moon rolls around, we seem to have a few tricky workplace problems to help our clients resolve? I’m not sure why they come to the fore at […]
The Domestic Violence—Victims’ Protection Act 2018 comes into effect from 1 April 2019. It entitles employees to apply for leave in order to deal with the impacts of domestic violence.
We combined our love of the Cambridge Autumn Festival and photography when we sponsored the Find the Cambridge Tree Photo Competition recently. Our congratulations go to the winner Dot Harding for her stunning photo. Head on over to www.cambridgeautumnfestival.co.nz to see the winning photo!
Although businesses with 20 or more employees will not be able to use the 90-day trial period from 6 May, they will be able to use probationary periods as an alternative.
People in Mind has joined forces with the Cambridge Autumn Festival to sponsor their brand new photo competition.
If it’s not on your agenda already, it’s time to put it on. What am I talking about you ask? The answer: giving your HR practices an overhaul and ensuring you’re ahead of the game.
I love it when kids visit us at work because they bring a certain energy (and cuteness of course) that makes the team smile. There are some entertaining moments when kids are around, and the questions the older children ask can be very thought provoking.
We’re launching a new product range! It’s a range of standard policies designed to make HR simpler. We are rolling out these policies from this month, and here’s our first policy ready to go… “DRUGS & ALCOHOL IN THE WORKPLACE” In today’s workplace environment, it makes good HR sense to have a clear policy that […]